Sharon Guskin

Sharon Guskin

Photograph by David Jacobs

Sharon Guskin is the author of the debut novel The Forgetting Time, which will be published in over 16 countries. The New York Times Book Review called the novel “gripping, deft, and moving,” and it was People Magazine’s Book of the Week. In addition to writing fiction, Sharon has worked as a writer and producer of award-winning documentary films. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons.

MFOB FEATURED BOOK: The Forgetting Time

What would you do if your four-year-old son claimed he had lived another life and that he wants to go back to his other mother? A single mom confronts the possibility that her troubled son is the reincarnated spirit of a murdered child. The only help comes from Dr. Anderson, who studies children who remember past lives—and who has problems of his own. Fearlessly provocative, Guskin’s debut combines a murder mystery and a sentimental story, while exploring the lengths we will go to for our children.

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